Improvement and Implementation Science
Alabama Systems Change Spotlight
Improvement and Implementation Science > Scale-up
The Alabama State Department of Education aims to increase the number of students with disabilities who achieve positive post-school outcomes and engage in higher education or competitive...
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State Spotlight
Optimizing Distance Learning Begins with Selection
Distance Learning, Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science
This document provides guidance on applying implementation science concepts to help you select online learning strategies that are possible, probable, doable, and best-matched to the needs of your...
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Guidance
What Research Says About Identification and Assessment of English Learners with Disabilities
Data > Progress Measures, Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-based Interventions > Evidence-based Interventions for English Learners, Improvement and Implementation Science
It is critically important for state and local educational agencies to consider English learners with suspected or identified disabilities in planning for assessment and instruction. As part of...
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Webinar
State Knowledge Utilization Spotlight: Maryland
Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity
Selecting and implementing evidence-based practices in mathematics is a critical step toward improving outcomes for students with disabilities. In order to increase the proficiency of students with...
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State Spotlight
Managing the Implementation Dip - Guiding Questions & Strategies for the State Systemic Improvement Plan Implementation
Improvement and Implementation Science
Implementation dips may occur at any point during a change process but particularly when introducing something new. States should proactively plan for this dip to ensure continued or renewed progress.
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Guidance
Leveraging General Supervision Systems to Improve Student Outcomes: A Process Guide for IDEA Part B
Evaluation > Infrastructure Changes, Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks, Fiscal, General Supervision, Improvement and Implementation Science > Action Planning, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Policy > RDA, Systems Alignment
This process guide is intended to help states and stakeholders consider ways to leverage their general supervision systems to improve outcomes for students with disabilities and their families...
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Tools
Measuring the Fidelity of Coaching
Evaluation > Data, Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy, Systems Alignment
This module is the second in a series on coaching, a form of professional development for teachers who work in the kindergarten-12th grade setting. Module 2 addresses how to measure the fidelity of...
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Training Module
Achieving Results Through Continuous Improvement
Evaluation > Data, Improvement and Implementation Science
This video, featuring Johnny Collett of the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), addresses the role of continuous improvement in...
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Presentation
Learning Together – Improving Together
Improvement and Implementation Science
This video, which features Rorie Fitzpatrick of the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI), addresses NCSI's conceptual model for systemic improvement. Presented to the Mathematics Cross...
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Presentation
NCSI Conceptual Framework for Continuous Improvement
Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science, Infrastructure Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Systems Alignment
This NCSI document provides a graphic organizer to understand how a system is currently organized, identify system strengths, make plans for improvement, and implement those plans with fidelity...
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Tools
Improving Results: What does it Require of States, Districts, and Schools?
Evaluation > Academic Outcomes, Improvement and Implementation Science, Infrastructure Development, Policy > RDA, Systems Alignment
Presentation for the 2016 Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) and National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Conference. To improve outcomes for...
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Presentation
Ohio Explores Effective Coaching Practices to Support Implementation
Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching
Decades of research show that coaching can be an effective mechanism for improving teacher practice and student learning outcomes. As part of its State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), Ohio has...
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State Spotlight